Course Overview

Junior Portfolio is a year long, honors level class that positions students for careers in art and design. During this class, we covered developing ideas for investigation, creating a portfolio, personal branding, the steps needed to get into art school, and potential art careers. This class is for serious artists with serious goals in preparation for senior year AP Art & Design! Each student produced an introductory level sustained investigation, which is an extended art portfolio guided by a question chosen by each student. This self directed project pushes each student to produce exemplary work in their own personal voice.

​Featured Student: Alyana Swain, 11th Grade

Taurean Allen

I have created my portfolio to resemble and explore the many aspects of of colorism. Especially the happiness brought out of the negative connotation of the word. I have used the double exposure technique to explain how the beauty of colorism is covered up and hidden.

11 - Taurean Allen - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Taurean Allen - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - Taurean Allen - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Azaria Bailey

I wanted to continue my modern stories in an actual story. The theme of my investigation is more of a resolution. My modern stories last year consisted of a question, “If I died today how would I be remembered?” This question came about when I was depressed and in a dark space wondering, broken and making bad decisions. I want to name this series Resolution because I’ve been in a better space with a lot knowledge and somethings happened that made realize that there is still a resolution. I had to realize that no matter how hard or how major or how good that there’s still a resolution to everything. Patience is the key and good things come to those who wait.

11 - Azaria Bailey - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Azaria Bailey - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Azaria Bailey - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Ian Bell

My theme for my collective pieces is gang community and how affects people after the fact.

11 - Ian Bell - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ian Bell - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ian Bell - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Ronald Black, Jr.

The theme is to show the beauty of black. I want the viewers to be keen and even with all the dark see the true beauty of the photos, objects, or persons. I want people to understand that Black is beauty, and the true colors of things show when there is darkness.
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11 - Ronald Black Jr - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ronald Black Jr - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ronald Black Jr - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Nefertiti Earth

​National Art Honor Society

My portfolio is going to be called Love Vol. 888. It will just be going through the steps of love and lust showing that love is a repeating cycle and quite confusing at that. The first shoot I did is with my friend Marley and I really just wanted to show the first stage of "butterflies" the effect of a new experience. 

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11 - Nefertiti Earth - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - Nefertiti Earth - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - Nefertiti Earth - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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Andrelius Langford

My theme for these is Toxic Masculinity. I wanted to try and capture the essence of a teenage boy who is not afraid of expressing himself against the modern expectation that America has on young boys. Also, I made the photos in black and white so that I could further help express this very toxic issue that is still a very prominent problem inside of our world today.

11 - Andrelius Langford - Print 4

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - Andrelius Langford - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - Andrelius Langford - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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Ta-Lia Mason

In my first image, it's basically telling a story of something that I seen on the news. In this image, there are 2 images and I tried to blend them together so my background is a picture I took that wasn't clear. Then, I took another image of my model making it seem like she was getting dragged or taken away. I made the middle image black and grey because she was hurt when it was happening and the background is in color because thats how she felt. My second image is telling a story of a girl who was almost got snatched up in side the hood.

11 - Ta-Lia Mason - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ta-Lia Mason - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Ta-Lia Mason - Print 3

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Zjayla Nelson

My overall goal was for my pieces to showcase depression. The mean topic of my pieces are depression but not all of them have that full depression feel. As you can see my picture which I painted then photo-shopped all have a dark color vibe. From the dark purples to the lights blues they all stand for something. When I went around and talked to people they all decried different feelings they get when that are depressed. Some felt cold and a lot of them felt hot. Depression takes on different forms when it comes different people.
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11 - Zjayla Nelson - Print 1

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11 - Zjayla Nelson - Print 2

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11 - Zjayla Nelson - Print 3

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Tylar Perkins

TRIGGER WARNING: My topic is to raise awareness on bully suicide. Kids go through things like getting bullied a lot and some of them kill themselves for it, some try to get help, some expect people to just know and some don't want help at all and they may think the world is better off without them. In this case, the girl doesn't want any help, she's tired of being bullied and doesn't feel like the world needs her.​

11 - Tylar Perkins - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Tylar Perkins - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Kennedy Reeves

National Art Honor Society

Gardena
​The visual chronicles of chaptered issues that the society sweeps under the rug & now brought to light and corrected from bias, misconceptions & stereotypical tales.
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11 - Kennedy Reeves - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Kennedy Reeves - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Kennedy Reeves - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Brandon Russell

National Art Honor Society

My topic for my investigation is how people strive for excellence in the world. Instead of telling a story, I decided to show the different elements of how people strive for their goals. In my set of work, I show you all of the different ways people try to excel in life, from saving money to getting good grades. I wanted my work to show that not everyone is the same, and that there are different forms of success, which is shown by how the images are edited in different ways.
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11 - Brandon Russell - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Brandon Russell - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Jason Sabbath-Burse

The title of my theme is Music Binds Us Together Via It's Mirror That Reflects Our Inner Selves. Music is an extension of myself and I feel that music is a key factor that connects all in a physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental way. I believe that music is the key for to bring peace in the world. Music is filled with various of emotions that people install in that reflects the artists inner self. It can also connect with other and can create a special connection through listeners. I am representing these through genres of music.

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11 - Jason Sabbath-Burse - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Kayla Stotts

​National Art Honor Society

The topic of my Investigation is The Zodiac 12. I wanted to do an investigation to dive into the misconceptions that people have of each zodiac that is presented. Each zodiac is in a set, the first photo shows a trait that is a misconception while the second photo shows a trait that is something true about the zodiac. Virgo's misconception is being strict while their truth trait is being carefree, Taurus's misconception is being incapable of love while their true trait is being stubborn, and finally Cancer's misconception is being insecure while their true trait is being strong. I wanted my investigation to be that of a fashion shoot wanting to express each model who represented each zodiac (fun fact: the sign each model represented was their actual sign) with their fashion choices, contrasted each piece with colors that represented each sign.

11 - Kayla Stotts - Print 1

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11 - Kayla Stotts - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - Kayla Stotts - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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Alyana Swain

​National Art Honor Society

The theme of my investigation is aspects of life/things people (I) need to feel a sense of stability. I don't know what all people want in order to have stability, so I am gonna base my project off of what I feel like I would need in order to feel satisfied and stable. I want to express the emotions I feel and how they do or don't help me feel a sense of stability. This is an important idea to focus on not because other people need to see it, but because it's something I feel like I need to explore and dig deeper into. To portray my theme, I am going to use color psychology. By this I mean that instead of directly having my model do things that portray my 4 senses of stability, I am going to use the colors that represent those emotions, along with actions to display it. It will give a deeper and less obvious approach to emotions.

11 - Alyana Swain - Print 1

$20.00 - $50.00
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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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• Opacity: 94%
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11 - Alyana Swain - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
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11 - Alyana Swain - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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D'Janett Talley

National Art Honor Society

My theme on family dysfunction, sheds light on everyday things that happen in dysfunctional families. A dysfunctional family is where conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions. Many families in America go through these things, but no one ever talks about it. Family dysfunction is a major problem in the world, but it is often overlooked and my portfolio brings these problems out of the darkness.

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11 - D'Janett Talley - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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• Opacity: 94%
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11 - D'Janett Talley - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
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11 - D'Janett Talley - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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LeAndra Williams

National Art Honor Society

My portfolio is based on mental health, how it can affect you, and how I personally interpret it. My portfolio contains a series of many different images taken in different settings. Each photo represents a different aspect of mental health. For example, dissociating, lack of self confidence and body dysphoria, depression, anxiety, and low self esteem. I wanted to use my portfolio to express how I sometimes feel on the outside and use different everyday life to portray it without being obvious. The dark tones in my photos reflect how sometimes I feel dark on the inside. In all, I just wanted to be more creative on the awareness of mental health and wanted to make each photo a story of its own. ​

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11 - LeAndra Williams - Print 1

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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11 - LeAndra Williams - Print 2

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.6 oz/y² (192 g/m²)
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11 - LeAndra Williams - Print 3

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• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
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